Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-23
England,

PAIL MALL GAZETTE SCANDAL.
LONDON, Sept. 2O.-The Pail Mall Ga
zette has published the full details of the
scandal in which Colonel H. Hallet, Con
servative member of Parliament Tor
Rochester, is involved by reason of ex-
p0sCre of his relations with his step
daughter. The Gazette says the Colonel
will not resign his seat in the House Of
Commons, and accuses the government OF
attempting to whitewash him.
MONSTER IRON-CLAD.
LONDON, Sept. 20 The Trafalgar, the
largest iron-clad ever constructed, was
successfully launched to-day at Ports
mouth The Trafalgar is Of 1904 tons and
- 900 horse power. She is TO carry
twelve guns Of siXty-seven tons and eight
of 1000 weight. Her side armor is twenty
inches thick
ONLY HALF AN EXPLANATION.
LONDON, Sept. 2O-Colonel Hughes
Hallet replies to the Pail Mail Gazette as
follows: "Tne statements OF the Pail
Mall Gazette &re grossly untrue. Inever
had any liaison with any step-daughter Of
mine. 1 repudiste the charge Of
the PalI Mall Gazette in the out
ragged name Of the young lady,
not my step daughter, who is no relation
of mine and TO whom l never stood in the
light OF a parent. Miss Selwin some time
ago asked me to Try to get her
better interest on $500 than she
vas getting. she coyenauted by deed
in my possession to lend the money for
| five years. Some weeks ago her solicit
ors called this money in within twenty
four hours. The principal with interest
WAS handed my solicitors for transfer
ence to her solicitors"
! Colonel Hughes Hsilat does not ex-
| plain that the mother of Miss Selwin was
| the first Lsdy Selwin, where as the late
wife of Colonel Hughes Haliet was the
second Lsdy Selwin, WHO became 3
widow five months after marrying JUS
tice Selwin.
The Pail Mall Gazette essa;ls Colonel
Hallet under the supposition thst he Sc
duced his step daughter, accusing him
of unnatural intrigue for q
parallel to which one must
go back to Latin mythology. The Ga
zette demands thst the Colonel be dis
missed from the army, declsres that NO
English gentleman could sit on the same
bench with him, sad that the ministers
must vacate his seat in the Commons.
ROUGH on THE COLONEL.
LONDON, Sept. 2l.-The Pail Mall Ga
zatte continues to attack Colonel Hughe:
Hsllet, and to insist that he msintaineG
illicit relations with Miss Sclwin. Thi:
morning the Gazette says: "The youne
lady was accustomed to call him father
and he often declared that he regarded
her as his child" In addition to thi:
charge, the Gazette alleged tbs
Hsllet successfully used ais in.
fuence on the young lady Il
induce the young lady to will hin
her fortune against her own family. HsL
let's host st country house, the paper
adds, discovered the nature Of the in
trigue between Colonel Hallet and Mis-
Selvin, who was with him and expelled
Hallet instantly from the house, settin!
his baggage in the street st > s. i'm, anC
leaving the Colonel there with it. After
. wards this same host telegraphed Mrs
! Hsllet SIS follows; "Your husband is
! villain snd l have TUNED him from N
! house"
SENSATIONAL DIVORCE CASH.
= LONDON, Sept. 2l.-In the diyorc
/ case Of Dsvid de Bensaude again2. ii
: wife Violet Cameron, the actress, ID
court today issued an Injunction agains
the husband restraining him froI
molestipg MS wife during the period c
:, legsl separation. The Marquis Of Ions
! 5dale, who acted IS the lsdy's theatric.
in New York, sdmitted that
ihad been gully OF improper relations w;
E9fiss Cameron. and that her child boz
Hast May is named Luther, the Marquis
t. ttsmily name.
: as4essEL HALLET HAS TO DENY AGAI
< LoNDoN, Sept. 2l.-ColoEel Hugh
lr Hsllet denies the c., argos made again
him In the Pail Mall Gazette this eYenin